Photography
Logan taking a landscape photo with a varible polarizing filter.
My History with Photography
I started seriously with photography in 1994. My grandfather gave me his Pentax 35mm camera, I don't remember much about it other than it was a Pentax SLR. I used 400-speed black-and-white film exclusively, I think it was Kodak Tri X. I took a photography course at Academy of Art in San Francisco, it helped—but I was already on my way. I always loved photography. I remember being fascinated as a kid with my father's Canon F-1. That was a great camera. He was a photographer too, a really good one. Anyway, I come from a long line of photographers (hobbyists to be clear), and I am one more.
The Camera Used
I know there are more modern, mirrorless options available, but I really enjoy making photos with an old single-lens reflex camera. Something about cameras like this make me want to take better photos. Something about the weight, the heft of it, the ergonomics. I don't know.
This is my camera. I bought it slightly used in 2022. It is a Canon 5D Mark I "Classic"—a professional camera body from 2005. It only takes stills at 12MP, but the color science is unmatched even today. I bought this camera from an eBay seller in Japan for $250. This particular camera had only 4,000 shutter actuations when I bought it. The only thing wrong with it was one of the rubberized doors was completely corroded. Gaffer tape does the job just fine.
